So Now You Know … !

For your understanding, “Menara Condong” is a malay word and it means “Slanted Tower”, just like the PISA at Italy.

In Teluk Intan, this is the only landmark that they own, and it has been already about a decade of history since my grandmother is in the Primary School.

While the engineers and contractors were building this in the year of 1885, it was meant to be used as a Clock Tower with a water tank on top of it. Due to the weight of the water tank and also the softness of the base, the tower has begun to slant at one side and that is why it was well-known as the 2nd PISA after Italy’s.

The contractor who was in-charge of building this, has a name called Choong Cheong / Ah Cheong and he got his inspiration because of the pagoda’s in China. His original plan was to build a water tank as a solution to emergency fire cases, also to provide water when there is no water supply. In between the year of 1889 and 1895, the entire building was being sunk into a flood and that is why it has become even more famous with the name of “Menara Condong Teluk Intan”

During the world war 2, the Japanese use this tower as the Headquarters to watch the enemies from far, and they’ve broken some small part of the building especially the 3rd floor.

From the outside, you see that it looks like having 7 storeys but inside of the building has only 3 storeys. It takes about 110 steps to go up the 3rd floor.

In the year of 1997, the Perak Authorities took the initiative to build a plaza surrounding the building, to allow it to become a tourists spot.

Adopted from : http://mdhilirpk.perak.gov.my/bm/menarik.html

So Now You Know … !